As part of its CES 2015 announcements, SanDisk has revealed its new Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0, which can not only connect to Windows and Mac PCs but can also connect directly to Android smartphones and tablets via a micro-USB port.

SanDisk says:

Adding to its portfolio of innovative memory solutions, including SanDisk's current, extremely popular SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 2.0, the new SanDisk Ultra Dual USB Drive 3.0 enables mobile users to transfer files even faster, as well as free up space on their smartphones and tablets. The drive simply connects via micro-USB to a compatible Android device and gives users up to 64GB of extra storage instantly.

Already have a 64gb OTG drive I bought months ago. Good idea but be very careful when using them, especially for prolonged periods like media usage. Would be very easy to snap the port or drive. Can also be a right pain in the arse for using with certain cases

What about Apple Products? with the original Apple cable, and now Lightening, will device specific products be available or adapters? Yes I know this is an Android blog, but some of us have multiple devices!!

Kingston's is smaller, and cheaper, and has been out for like a year... When I got it they had the smallest 64GB drive of this kind out there and it still boasts respectable speeds, highly recommended if you want it for like a keychain etc.

Of course it does. If I plug it into my computer to put large amounts of data on it, such as all the media people are likely to want this for, it's dramatically faster. Or if, like me, this would replace my standard flash drive and have the added benefit of being readable by my phone, I would only want one that supports 3.0 since that's what the drive I'm replacing it has.

Pointless if you have a case on your phone. Which is why you use a $2 OTG cable and just about any other USB flash drive. Imagine if you had that thing attached to your phone and you bumped it the wrong way. There goes your charging port. No thank you.

I have this already, its a SanDisk product. Not sure what makes this one different. The only real issue with mine is that it is so compact that it doesn't fit into the USB port on my phone because it hits the edges of my phone case. The USB plug just isn't long enough to make contact.... not really SanDisk's fault. Also the other thing is the ability to hook it to a key chain is poor. The thing is so small that it doesn't have a very good method to connect it to a key ring. The picture shows that they have gotten past that limitation.

(discovered from the link that I have a USB 2.0 and the article is related to 3.0... doesn't make it much of an upgrade for most people... but its still a very cool device!)

To the earlier poster... it runs like if it had a built in OTG cable. So if you can stream off a OTG connected thumb drive, then this would also allow streaming. Most, but definitely not all, modern android devices can read from these. I used mine on my Nexus 7 (2012) with some success, my Note 4 and a Samsung Tab Pro 8.4 with no issue at all.

I also have this (USB 2.0) device. Haven't had any issues connecting with my Nexus 7 (2013) or my HTC One M8 or playing media right from it (although it runs better when I copy the media first then play it locally).